thirdspace CFP: Call for papers

If you don’t know about this fine WS journal from Canada, browse its past issues. Their policy is open access — they promote scholarship without charging you for it. If you have a paper, consider submitting it.
CFP: Call for papers

The Women’s Equality Amendment (aka ERA All Over Again???)

Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » The Women’s Equality Amendment (aka ERA All Over Again)
Article from the Washington Post.
“Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, reviving a feminist goal that faltered a quarter-century ago when the measure did not gain the approval of three-quarters of the [...]

NEW STUDY!!! Warning: feminism is bad for your health

Warning: feminism is bad for your health – Independent Online Edition > Health Medical
Hmmm… And “they” are trying again. Back! Back! So much of research or “findings” is totally dependent on what is wanted by the researcher and who is doing the looking. If we ignore it, will it go away?

Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Violence Against Women is a Horrible Reality, Not a Glossy Photo

Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Violence Against Women is a Horrible Reality, Not a Glossy Photo

March newsletter from the Women’s Center

The March issue of the UConn Women’s Center’s newsletter is now available!

Celebrate Women’s Brown Bag Lunch Series

Spring 2007
PLEASE NOTE THESE SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE STUDENT UNION ROOM 324 FROM NOON – 1 P.M.
March 12th – Hepatitis from A to C with George Wu, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology-Hepatology

Mark Your Calendars! WS Spring 07 Events Still To Come -

Monday Brownbag Events
Noon in Beach Hall Room 425 (unless otherwise indicated)
March
19:
Feminist Pedagogy
Speaker: Dr. Elaine Dalmolin – Modern & Classical Languages
Topic: French Feminisms
26:
Spotlight on Faculty
Speaker: Dr. Nina Dayton, History
Topic: Women in the Migration Streams and Labor Markets of Pre-Revolutionary Boston
April

Siyanda.org — great research site!

Siyanda.org: Mainstreaming Gender Equality

About Siyanda.org: “Siyanda is an on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources.”

Here’s an example of the kinds of resources there:
Title: Islamic Feminism Revisited
Author: Badran, M.
Publication Date: February 2006
Publisher : [...]

UN CSW 51st session Blog

Live on the scene reports from the UN 51st session — see the blog Women UNlimited.
Read the original post by Patricia Daniel, Women, violence and empowerment: the world we live in from openDemocracy .

At the UN, 51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women going on now

Keep up to date (official documents, panelists, papers/presentations, news releases) on the proceedings of the 51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women is taking place right now until 9 March 2007. “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child” is the main topic of discussion.